Eveline Milliken

• Doctor of Philosophy (Social Work) - Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Master of Social Work – University of Calgary

Dr. Milliken's research interests include:

• Cultural Safety / Humility
• Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice
• Transformation of Child Welfare
• Inner City Social Work Education and Practice
• Allyship

Current projects: 
Funded research (2025). Stories of Allyship in Social Work with Dr. Jennifer Hedges.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation | Centre national pour la vérité et la reconciliation, Remembering the Children: A community and academic research gathering at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. 

Guided by Knowledge Keeper Linda Dano-Chartrand, the Inner City Social Work program began a Remembering the Children project. This project came into being as a response to the sense of loss that students, faculty and staff felt. There was a need to move from helplessness to hope. The project involved making prayer ties for every First Nations child who did not return to their families and communities after being taken to residential schools across Canada. The first 215 prayer ties were made after the announcement from Tk’emlúps. Baskets containing orange cloth squares and tobacco were available in classrooms where students, staff, faculty and community members could create ties and honour the children. Thousands of ties were made, prayed over and assembled with medicines, into bundles. We were honoured to display the project at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Remembering the Children: A community and academic research gathering in October 2022 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.  

Eveline joins Dr. Tracey Bone (PI), Leslie Tucker, Dr. Nancy Hansen in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) funded project: “Beyond the books: Teaching social work practice skills through an on-line, interactive, case-based website. 

Dr. Milliken is currently a member of the following:

• Makoonsag Intergenerational Children’s Centre Board  
• Elder’s Council
• University of Manitoba Office of the Vice President Indigenous: UM Truth and Reconciliation Framework Advisory Committee; Empowering Learners Working Group ; and Indigenous Mental Health Strategy Working Group  
• UM Centre for Human Rights Research 

Hanson, L. and Milliken, E. (in press).  Making Sense of Complicated Love: Partners of child sexual abuse perpetrators speak.  Albert, J., Bennett, M., Hedges, J., Badry, D., Fuchs, D.,   & Choate, P. W. (Eds.). Pathways to Parity: Transformative Strategies in Child Welfare Voices from the Prairies. University of Regina Press.

Milliken, E. (2024). Fourth Wave Feminist Social Work. Franklin C. and Jordan, C.(Eds.). Social Work Treatment: Interlocking Theoretical Approaches. (Seventh Edition). Oxford University Press.

Milliken, E. and Dano-Chartrand, L. (2022). Walking Courageously: The Voices of Indigenous Child Welfare Workers in Manitoba. Edited by Jason Albert, Dorothy Badry, Don Fuchs, Peter W. Choate, Marlyn Bennett, and H. Monty Montgomery

Hedges, J, Milliken, E. and Campbell, M.L. (2022). The Heart of Allyship: Examining the Pursuit of Ally Relationships with Indigenous Peoples in Child Welfare and Social Work Education.

Selected presentations:

Milliken, E. and Hedges, J. (April 2024). SWSD The Joint Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development.   The Heart of Allyship: Framework for building relationships for social justice.  Panama City, Panama.

Milliken, E. (2023). Teaching Feminist Social Work in the Fourth Wave. International Social Sciences Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Milliken, E. and Pompana, Y. (November 22, 2018). Global Feminisms and the Anti-Colonial Project. Feminist Social Work Education as an Anti-colonial strategy in a Canadian Inner City BSW program. University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Milliken, E. (July 2018) Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development.  Newcomer students reflect on their social work education in Canada.  Dublin, Ireland.

Milliken, E. and Bone T. (July 2018). Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development Creating Case Study Media Resources for a Canadian Feminist Perspectives in Social Work course. Dublin, Ireland.

Milliken, E., Campbell, M. L., and DiUbaldo, D. (2017). International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) conference: Indigenous Roots of Expressive Arts Therapy: Transformation, social justice and social change. Valuing Ceremony in a Social work curriculum:  Perspectives on the evolution of ceremony, drum and art within an Inner-City Social work program. Winnipeg.

Milliken, E., (June 2016). Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development. Culturally Safe Social Work Education as a Strategy to Address Inequality and Poverty. Seoul, Korea.

Milliken, E. (June 2016). International Network of Social Work and Mental Health 8th Annual Conference ICSW 2016. Enhancing the human condition; negotiating and creating change. Increasing Cultural Safety for Marginalized Social Workers. Singapore.

Milliken, E. and Pompana, Y. (July 2014). Indigenous Social Work and Child Protection Practice: A Canadian Perspective. Centre for Remote Health. Flinders University. Charles Darwin University. Alice Springs, Australia.

Milliken, E. and Pompana, Y. (July 2014). Attracting and retaining Indigenous students in a professional university program. Centre for Remote Health. Flinders University. Charles Darwin University. Alice Springs, Australia.

Milliken, E. (July 2014). Thirty-four years of successes: Recruiting and retaining Indigenous students in an inner-city work degree program. International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW-AIETS) World Conference on Social Work Education. (SWSD 2014). Melbourne, Australia.

Milliken, E. (July 2013). Second International Indigenous Voices Conference. How do we create culturally safe social work education environments?  (Panel).  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Milliken, E. and Rocke, C. (2012). 7th Annual International Social Work and Spirituality Conference. The big questions: Social Workers talk with children and youth about spirituality.   Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Milliken, E. (May 2012). Three Generations of Feminisms. Mothers and History Conference: Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI). Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Milliken, E. (June 2009). Campus Engage International Conference. Engaging Indigenous students through creating culturally safe learning spaces. Dublin, Ireland

Milliken, E. (August 2005). Creating a culturally safe learning environment for Indigenous students. Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Cambridge University. Cambridge, UK.

Milliken, E., Clare, K. (July 29, 2000). Risk and commitments: Strategies for equity in social work education. The Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers & the International Association of Schools of Social Work. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.